Professor Alister McGrath
Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion Emeritus
Prof Alister McGrath is an internationally recognized authority on C. S. Lewis and author of a prize-winning 2013 biography of Lewis and Science and Religion in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis (2026).
Academic profile
About
Prof Alister McGrath is an internationally recognized authority on C. S. Lewis. Prof McGrath wrote a prize-winning biography of Lewis in 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary of Lewis’s death. Prof McGrath is also the author of the first study of Lewis’s views on the relation of science and religion, Science and Religion in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis (2026).
Expertise
- C. S. Lewis
- The relation of science and religion
- The nature and function of Christian doctrine
- Why belief is naturally and necessary for human flourishing
- The "New Atheism" of Richard Dawkins
Selected publications
- Science and Religion in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis: The Quest for the Best Mental Model of the Universe (2026)
- Why We Believe: Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times (2026)
- The Nature of Christian Doctrine: Its Origins, Development, and Function (2024)
- Inventing the Universe: Why we can’t stop talking about God, science, and faith (2015)
- Deep Magic, Dragons and Talking Mice (2015)
- C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet (2013)
Media experience
Professor McGrath has extensive media experience, working regularly with BBC 1, Radio 4, and international media. He has written columns for The Daily Telegraph and The Times and contributes articles to various web sites, such as Slate.
Recent media work
- Enchanting Faith: The Chronicles of Narnia and the Power of Myth (ABC, 2016)
- Political passion plays fire up the faithful (The Times)
- Beyond Belief: Agnosticism (BBC Radio 4, 2014)